About 23-million South Africans, or 37.9% of the population, are living below the lower-bound poverty line, according to the ...

South Africans with post-matric qualifications are increasingly falling into poverty, a shift that reflects changing economic ...

Budget constraints limit Stats SA data By Nicola Mawson, Contributing journalistJohannesburg, 28 Apr 2026A lack of funding is holding back StatsSA from providing richer datasets. (Graphic: Nicola ...

As graduation season returns and many celebrate this milestone with family and friends, past graduates face a crisis of unemployment, as highlighted in the recent Stats SA report showing that the ...

PRETORIA, Sept 5 (Reuters) - South Africa's economy grew 0.6% in the second quarter of 2023 in quarter-on-quarter seasonally-adjusted terms, after growing by 0.4% in the first quarter, data from the ...

Statistics South Africa’s latest Poverty Trends report covering the period from 2006 to 2023 reveals the scale of social devastation in South Africa, underscoring the failure of a capitalist system ...

Statistics South Africa data showed that February real retail sales grew by 1.6% year-on-year after a 4.4% year-on-year ...

SA tourism surges past 3 million travellers in March as holidaymakers drive growth South Africa’s tourism sector continues to gather momentum, with more than three million travellers moving through ...

According to the agency, the compromised system was exclusively used for job seekers applying online. No other government or Stats SA systems were impacted. The national statistics office said it ...

A new and improved GDP is here. 26 Augustl 2021. Stats SA has finalised a comprehensive overhaul of its national accounts.

Statistics South Africa says many children under 17 live in poverty and lack food, water, proper housing and good schooling. The child support grant is only R580, which is much less than the new R855 ...

Seasonally adjusted mining production rose 2.3% in February 2026, following 3.7% growth in January and -2.1% December.